COMPOSER SHOWCASE

Howard Bashaw: Biography

Canadian composer Howard Bashaw is originally from White Rock, B.C. A graduate of
the University of British Columbia (DMA, 1989), he joined the Department of Music at the
University of Alberta in 1993. Prior to this he taught at the University of British Columbia
and the Université Canadienne en France. Working almost exclusively in the acoustic
medium, Bashaw’s repertoire ranges from solo instruments to full orchestra. His musical
language is perhaps best described as being broadly contemporary, and his scores exist
in various conventional, aleatoric, graphic and hybrid formats. Forming a separate
category, his signature works for solo piano are typically virtuosic and large in scope.